[LAU] An appeal to famous artists?

[Emanuel Rumpf]

2011/8/11 Simon Wise <simonzwise at gmail.com>:
> On 11/08/11 03:28, Emanuel Rumpf wrote:
>>
>> Are you actually suggesting me to read the manuals of all the programs
>> I've been trying (hundreds) , before having even used them ?  :)
>
> or lurking on lists like this, and hearing from those who have tried them,
> or asking colleagues who have the same needs or ...
>
I'm not saying "don't" -  manuals and other resources are helpful and I use
them too, but it's not the first thing I do when exploring applications.


>>
>> An application that doesn't attend to the GUI may create
>> the impression that internals might be equally messed up.
>
> or that it is written to be used in an unusual way - maybe because its
> purpose is not similar to a word processor or a spreadsheet so its interface
> may not be familiar - take Blender,

Blender very much attended to the UI, but it's a program
where you're likely to be lost without manual.


>
> yes, one crashed immediately - not a good sign. Either the app was not good,
> or it was not properly installed on your system, did you ever find out
> which?
>
AFAIKT it was a bug in the application. (what else)
I tried a different version with equal issue.
I couldn't wait for that to become fixed
and generally tend to mistrust apps (claimed stable) that crash.


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E.R.